Ships of the Royal Navy . st above water,when the special sight used in conjunction with the periscope allows for it to be laid on the target in conjunction with aircraft for spotting purposes the M class are well adapted for bombardingand corsair work, although of limited use in battle, when their low speed and vulnerability would beagainst them. Dimensions.—296/305 x 24| x 15| feet = 1,600/1,950 tons —One 12-inch and one 3-inch gun ; four 18-inch bow tubes. Machinery.—Two sets of Diesel engines = 2,400 = knots (surface). Electric drive =1,600 H
Ships of the Royal Navy . st above water,when the special sight used in conjunction with the periscope allows for it to be laid on the target in conjunction with aircraft for spotting purposes the M class are well adapted for bombardingand corsair work, although of limited use in battle, when their low speed and vulnerability would beagainst them. Dimensions.—296/305 x 24| x 15| feet = 1,600/1,950 tons —One 12-inch and one 3-inch gun ; four 18-inch bow tubes. Machinery.—Two sets of Diesel engines = 2,400 = knots (surface). Electric drive =1,600 = knots. Fuel 76 tons. Complement 60. « XI Experimental Boat. 1921-22 Estimates This boat, which is now under construction at Chatham Dockyard, is designed to embody the lessonsof war experience and subsecjuent experiments in our own and ex-German submarines. She is of veryconsiderable dimensions and her details are as yet confidential. R class (10 boats). All have been, or are to be, scrapped. 176 M 3. 177. Greenwich. 178
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